You still have a few weeks to apply for Drone Prize 2014. You do it by entering a contest showing how you use(d) an unmanned aerial vehicle for a social purpose.

As the contest organizers put it, the aerial perspective has historically been limited to those with means to get airborne. But now, "low-cost unmanned aircraft systems (Drones) are emerging to democratize access aerial perspective, and to put it in service of the common good."

For background and rules, click the link above. Three teams of finalists will be flown to Portland for a fly-off.

The organizers don't say whether the winners' flights will be aboard human-piloted aircraft.